Focus.

Compress.

Single out the target and then...release. Yusuke thought as he did just that, focusing, and compressing his spirit energy until he was ready to release it bit by bit until he could slowly and carefully drag out some of Yuki's spirit energy. Assuming of course that she knew how to use her spirit energy.

And even if he didn't, there were other tale-tale ways to see if she was pregnant.

Like morning sickness. And then there was weird food cravings, and depending on how far along she was if she were indeed pregnant- there was also the fact that she may lactate, or that her stomach may begin to develop a slight swell where the baby was.

If he wasn't able to tell anything he could try telling via those ways and if none of those worked... Well he could always kidnap her and force her to take a test just for the hell of it.

Sure it was an odd thing for a kidnapper to do, but what the hell? He doubted any authorities residing on the island (if any at all) would care overly much should someone make the mistake of even bothering to call them.

Inhaling, he focused his energy on his eyes- like he had been taught to do by Genkai- hoping that he could do this right the first time since continuous useage of spirit energy focused on one's eyes could cause one of several incredibly bad things to happen.

Blindness, both temporary and permanent. Severe injury to the brain- like aneurysms could occur. Along with a sudden build up of pressure that could cause one or both eyes to pop right out of their sockets as well as some damage to the nerves and so on.

Feeling a sudden swell in spirit energy, Hiei and Kurama both chanced a quick glance in Yusuke's direction- noting that the swell in power was emanating from him. Both demon's frowned, unable to figure out what the spirit detective was doing.

Hiei began to take a step towards the teen to demand he tell him what he was doing. Although he hated to admit it, the human's energy signature was grating on his already frayed nerves. Making him want to lash out at the fool however the feel of Kurama's hand upon his shoulder stilled him in mid motion.

Glancing up at the red head, Hiei frowned when he saw the fox demon slowly shake his head no.

He was also becoming a tad bit nervous because of Yusuke's energy, however he got a vague inkling of what the teen was attempting just by looking over at him and studying him for a moment.

Kurama was fairly good at reading people and right now everything about Yusuke practically screamed- hormonal male on the prowl- to him. And from the looks of where he was focusing his attention... The fox demon/human hybrid looked across the ring at the dark haired young girl sitting on the bench, and frowned a little bit.

Don't get him wrong, he knew all too well the pull of the opposite sex had on young human males. He'd felt the pull of such things himself in his current form. And as nice as some girl's could be, they were a distraction.

A serious distraction that could be used against them if Yusuke wasn't careful. Not that he didn't see what Yusuke found so appealing about the girl. She was rather pleasing to look upon, and from what faint hints of smell his sharp nose could detect, her scent was also very pleasant.

A combination of chamomile, vanilla, honeysuckle, and night blooming jasmine.

Now that he really thought about it, her unique scent was interestingly pleasant. Almost as if it had been inhanced in some way to cause those of the male gender to simply drop what they were doing and take notice of her. It was peculiar. It was curious.

It- It was beginning to send chills down his spine!

Focus Kurama, he silently berated himself as he gave a slight shake of his head as he willed himself to forget her smell despite knowing that it was probably a futile endeavor.

If he were to leave the arena later today, he would likely automatically find himself searching the island for the girl just to appease his curiosity about her.

It had been known to happen before. And he had long learned that the likelihood of such an event happening again were near staggering in number. It was simply as if his inner demon couldn't help but place him in the most interesting (and sometimes most bizarre) of situations.

Not that it mattered much...

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Yuki munched on another saltine as she watched Rinku's match with interest.

The kiddo wasn't half bad. But then neither was the ginger haired guy he was beating the crap out of. Which was saying a lot considering that the guy was beginning to run low on spirit energy. And Rinku's childish nature coupled with his yo-yo's were positively lethal.

She watched as the ginger haired guy was slammed into the floor of the ring, cringing somewhat when she thought she heard his bones begin to break in various places.

Poor guy, he was going to be useless to his team for the rest of the tournament. She thought with sympathy as she finished eating the cracker she'd been chewing on and instead made an attempt to watch the gruesome death match knowing that she'd likely prove to be a disappointment to her friends if she didn't.

After all, the entire reason they had wanted to fight in the first place was because of her.

Or rather because of what had happened to her.

The ginger hit the floor of the ring just a few feet from her and was trying to keep himself from being dragged back in by Rinku whom had one of his yo-yo's wrapped around the guy's ankles and was pulling hard enough to dislocate or shatter something if the pained look on the ginger guy's face was anything to go by.

Well, that aside from the screaming and swearing.

Honestly... Did that guy think he could really get away with yelling at Rinku like that? Why she was of half a mind to- without realizing that she was getting to her feet, she quietly made her way over to where the ginger haired guy was clutching at the stone and before Chu, Toya, or even Jin could react- she reared back her arm and had slapped the guy.

In the ring, Rinku stopped yanking on his opponent just long enough to gape at Yuki in shock and disbelief. After all in all the years he'd known the human girl he'd never seen her do such a thing. Sure she might occasionally step on someone's foot or even throw shoes or something at em, but she usually tended not to physically hurt anyone no matter how badly they hurt her.

It was as if she just couldn't do it.

Exhaling a shaky breath, he took a moment to look around and noted that he wasn't the only one gaping at her either, everyone in the arena who had seen her slap the other guy was currently gaping at her as if she had just grown a second head or something.

"Dammit Rinku look what your toyin with your opponent has done!" Jin suddenly shouted at the boy as he used his wind to almost knock the boy off of his feet. He might have slammed Rinku into something if not for the fact that the wind demon was trying not to injure Yuki as he moved to grab the girl up in his arms and with a wicked flash of his fangs that all but screamed- Do it again an I'll kill you, boyo- as the red haired demon removed Yuki from where she had been and quickly re deposited her on the bench and all but sat down on her to keep her there as Rinku looked back at him and shouted,

"Hey! I didn't expect her to take exception to something happening here. If you don't want her slapping people keep her away from the damn ring where she can't get hurt!"

Rinku opened his mouth to shout something back but upon seeing the wind demon bare his fangs at him, he abruptly shut his mouth and sighed as he rubbed the back of his neck and muttered, "Right. Right. I get it. My bad." He'd have to finish up his fight soon otherwise Jin would yank a knot in his tail the likes of which the demon kid doubted he'd ever get over.